There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I’ve played up to that a bit in interviews.
BJORKFormats are just illusions, and it’s about the relationship between the person that makes music and the person that listens to music.
More Bjork Quotes
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And then within the past 10 years Iceland discovered the stock market and it just went, went, went, went, went. I think it hit a roof and it’s just crashed. Just a small percentage of the nation did a lot of damage.
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Maybe it’s just a personal thing, but I get so much grounding from Iceland because I know it’s always going to be there.
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You’re a coward if you don’t stand up. Not for you, but for women. Say something.
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If travel is searching and home what’s been found, I’m not stopping. I’m going hunting.
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I have to re-create the universe every morning when I wake up, and kill it in the evening.
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I’ve never done an album like this. With Biophilia, I was being like Kofi Annan – I had to be the pacifist to try to unite the impossible.
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I guess I’m quite used to not being understood rather than being understood.
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I have always had a certain song in my head, a certain chemistry of sounds.
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People ask me questions like, “Oh, you look so theatrical in your photographs. Is that what you’re like when you walk down the street?” It’s like, “Of course not.” It’s such a silly question – it’s like being theatrical is a crime.
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When I was 20, political music was the uncoolest thing on earth. But when Bush got elected, that was the first time I started actually reading the news.
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I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.
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I get highs, to be totally honest, in second-hand shops. My hunting instinct, I expect, really kicks in.
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I’m no buddhist, but this is fu**ing enlightmentment
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We’re always mourning things that have died. It’s a bit much sometimes. These studios have no fresh air, and there’s this unwritten rule that they don’t have windows, either.
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All we had ever heard about record company people is that they were vampires and criminals…and they killed Elvis Presley.
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